Results for obama benghazi

  1. Intelligence warned Obama of ISIS since 2012? https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2014/09/30/intelligence-warned-obama-of-isis-since-2012-n193074
    We saw this after the Benghazi attack in 2012, in an almost identical sequence. … Obama has taken the country to war again, and yet cannot articulate that one simple fact. … Obama wants to eat his Nobel Peace Prize cake and have his war, too. But he can’t have it both ways.…
  2. Obama meets Ebola survivor Nina Pham in the Oval Office https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2014/10/24/obama-meets-ebola-survivor-nina-pham-in-the-oval-office-n193671
    And of course it’s good politics for Obama, who somehow seems to be on the golf course every time a crisis erupts. … This is basically the story of the Obama presidency, where nearly all of the staggering failures and crises–Ebola, ISIS, Obamacare, … Benghazi, et al.…
  3. Quotes of the day https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2014/10/18/quotes-of-the-day-1886-n193506
    Obama convened his top aides in the Cabinet room after canceling his schedule on Wednesday. … Obama said of the response, according to people briefed on the meeting. … My advice to Team Obama – encourage the Big Guy to take a look around.…
  4. Pentagon lashes out at ISIS war "micromanagement" at WH https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2014/10/31/pentagon-lashes-out-at-isis-war-micromanagement-at-wh-n193835
    Martin Dempsey has publicly chafed at the “no ground troops ever” policy from Barack Obama, and recently told PBS Frontline that he … Obama with his recommendations of military action against the Islamic State. Defenders of Mr. … Obama tends to hand delicate assignments to his most trusted advisers. Mr. Kerry and Mr.…
  5. Reporters in the Obama era basically living in an episode of "Scandal" https://hotair.com/marykatharine/2014/10/28/reporters-in-the-obama-era-basically-living-in-an-episode-of-scandal-n193765
    But the Obama administration is determined to make “Scandal” blush. … Read Erik Wemple’s entire write-up of Sharyl Attkisson’s account of the bugging of her computer at the height of her Benghazi reporting … At a White House Correspondents’ Association seminar on Saturday, Page described the Obama administration as “more restrictive” and…
  6. Attkisson: CBS buried an Obama quote in 2012 on Benghazi https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2014/11/10/attkisson-cbs-buried-an-obama-quote-in-2012-on-benghazi-n194090
    Did executives at CBS News sit on a clip from an exclusive interview with Barack Obama to protect his election chances in 2012? … It would have to me proven Romney’s point against Obama. But that clip was kept secret.” … Rather than speak truth to power, CBS went silent — to preserve it, perhaps, on behalf of Barack Obama?…
  7. Obama hails Obama for his anti-terror work https://hotair.com/latimestot/2016/12/08/obama-hails-obama-for-anti-terror-work-n240319
    Obama has struggled to seem relevant in these waning 43 days of his lame-duckness. … As usual, Obama’s report had a strong emphasis on Obama. … Obama did remind us that Osama bin Laden still sleeps with the fishes.…
  8. Hot Air's Top 50 posts in 2016: The runners-up https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2016/12/26/hot-airs-top-50-posts-in-2016-the-runners-up-n240832
    Today, though, let’s step through the five that just missed the list: #55: Film Review: 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi … prevarications. #52: The truth about gun deaths: numbers and actual solutions (10/4/15 — see update) – No matter how many times the Obama … This particular misuse was an implicit argument for why Obama seemed more interested in gun control than dealing with terrorism, but…
  9. NBC's list of "most telling" Obama quotes missing a few https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2017/01/10/nbcs-list-of-most-telling-obama-quotes-missing-a-few-n241218
    When Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize — despite having done nothing at all by that point in pursuit of peace except be elected … That’s hardly the only legacy quote on national security from Obama. … This isn’t even an attempt at a serious look back at the Obama years; it’s cheap propaganda.…
  10. WaPo columnist: Say, this 13 Hours actually is political https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2016/01/18/wapo-columnist-say-this-13-hours-actually-is-political-n230208
    acerbic look at 13 Hours that objects to the supposedly dishonest marketing of Michael Bay’s presentation of the sacking of the Benghazi … of their mouths when it comes to the political nature of the film, and the film itself of a dishonest approach to the story of Benghazi … Few people would presume that a recap of Benghazi would hurt Hillary Clinton or Democrats more broadly right before their primaries…
  11. Film Review: 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi https://hotair.com/crankytrex/2016/01/16/film-review-13-hours-the-secret-soldiers-of-benghazi-n230169
    Until this weekend, the story of the 2012 attack on our consulate in Benghazi has been almost exclusively in the hands of the Obama … caused a spontaneous protest that turned violent and could not have been prevented or mitigated.  13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi … Instead they are able to hammer home the horrible truths about Benghazi that have thus far been written off as Republican political…
  12. Hillary e-mail exchange debated kick-starting Palestinian protests to pressure Israel https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2016/01/11/hillary-e-mail-ex…ick-starting-palestinian-protests-to-pressure-israel-n230041
    The State Department chose Pickering to review the events surrounding the sacking of our consulate in Benghazi as chair of the so-called … This exchange confirms the tendency of the Obama administration to treat Israel with arrogance, if not outright hostility. … t raise legal issues, but it raises serious political issues, especially for Hillary Clinton’s orientation toward Israel and the Obama…
  13. Horror: Young Ted Cruz plots world domination strategy ... and "sweat on my butt" https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2016/01/25/horror-young-ted…plots-world-domination-strategy-and-sweat-on-my-butt-n230411
    While the media reminds us questions about the colossal failure in Benghazi on Hillary Clinton’s watch are old news, The Hill and other … Meanwhile, no one bothered to make much of an issue about the whereabouts and activities of Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton on the … night of September 11, 2012 when four Americans lost their lives in Benghazi waiting for an American response that never came.…
  14. Obama: Golly, Sanders is kind of a one-note guy https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2016/01/25/obama-golly-sanders-is-kind-of-a-one-note-guy-n230403
    Obama only mentioned Iran once, and then it was to brag about the success of his diplomatic efforts. … Benghazi in a series of attacks that lasted for hours. … Who else dropped the ball on Benghazi, at the very least? Hillary Clinton. …
  15. Ben Carson: Cruz's attitude towards what he did to me in Iowa reminds me of Hillary's attitude towards Benghazi https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2016/02/05/ben-carson-cruzs-a…owa-reminds-me-of-hillarys-attitude-towards-benghazi-n230723
    Carson should be less passive on the campaign trail in New Hampshire and South Carolina just like Obama should be less passive towards … “I’m not saying that it rises to the level up Benghazi, I’m saying it’s the same kind of attitude,” he said, when pressed by Starnes … if the controversy rose to the level of Benghazi.…
  16. Don't be surprised if NATO goes after ISIS in Libya https://hotair.com/taylormillard/2016/02/05/dont-be-surprised-if-nato-goes-after-isis-in-libya-n230711
    The updated tallies come as the administration of President Barack Obama faces growing calls for the US military to step up action … a sign Obama is hoping it won’t become a campaign issue for the Democrats. … That falls on both Obama and Clinton’s shoulders, and they have to take responsibility for it (which is laughable).…
  17. Monday's Final Word https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2025/09/22/mondays-final-word-n3807063
    Sit down.”Ed: Let's not forget that Hillary Clinton also blamed the attack on our consulate in Benghazi on a YouTuber for … Remember when the Obama administration kept the producer in jail for a year?…
  18. Hillary Clinton Is the She-Devil Incarnate https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2025/10/01/hillary-clinton-is-the-debbil-incarnate-n3807394
    caused Hillary Clinton to leave four people to their horrific deaths.Abby Phillip can't recall any political prosecutions from the Obama … administration.His administration arrested an innocent filmmaker and pinned the Benghazi attacks on him. https://t.co/VUfYwvJjlm pic.twitter.com…
  19. More AOC: Facts don't matter when you're "morally right" https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2019/01/07/aoc-facts-dont-matter-youre-morally-right-n266904
    In the previous administration, Barack Obama told his share of whoppers, including the “if you like your plan you can keep your plan … Remember the whopper about a YouTube video being the catalyst for the attack on our consular office in Benghazi? … was also told in service to a sense of moral rightness, the need to keep from blaming radical Islamists for terrorism … and the Obama…
  20. Erik Wemple on Lara Logan's claims of media bias https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2019/02/19/erik-wemple-lara-logans-claims-media-bias-n268696
    Next, he attacks Logan based on her Benghazi piece for 60 Minutes: The story, though, was bogus. … One of the worst instances of media bias in recent history involved CBS News and Benghazi. … CBS sat on a video of President Obama admitting he had not called the Benghazi attack terrorism the day after it happened.…
  21. McConnell breaks his silence on Mar-a-Lago raid https://hotair.com/karen-townsend/2022/08/10/mcconnell-breaks-his-silence-on-mar-a-lago-raid-n488625
    How many hearings were there on Benghazi when Republicans were in control of the House? … How about the abuse of Lois Lerner and the IRS toward conservatives during the Obama administration?…
  22. National Journal: Obama facing crisis over incompetence https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2013/07/03/national-journal-obama-facing-crisis-over-incompetence-n208028
    Voters could take in all of the scandals and controversies swirling around the White House lately — IRS, NSA, Fast and Furious, Benghazi … (If there’s anything to learn from the Benghazi crisis, it was the administration’s attentiveness to detail in how to avoid blame in … (via the Washington Examiner): Public views of Barack Obama today are very different from those of George W.…
  23. The Ed Morrissey Show: Kevin McCullough https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2013/07/01/the-ed-morrissey-show-kevin-mccullough-132-n207973
    talk about his column today, which discusses Libyan documentation that shows Mohamed Morsi’s involvement in the attack on our Benghazi … Binge Thinker, Kevin and Stephen’s exploding success in independent talk radio, as well as Kevin’s new book, No He Can’t: How Barack Obama…
  24. Benghazi scapegoat finally leaving federal custody https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2013/09/26/benghazi-scapegoat-finally-leaving-federal-custody-n209876
    More than a year after the terrorist attack in Benghazi claimed the lives of four Americans, including the first American ambassador … killed in the line of duty in 33 years, critics of the Obama administration like to point out that none of the terrorists have been … Links between the Benghazi assault and Youssef’s film have since been debunked.…
  25. CBS/NYT poll: Obama tanking on foreign policy https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2013/09/25/cbsnyt-poll-obama-tanking-on-foreign-policy-n209860
    Obama was handling the situation in Syria. … after Benghazi.  … As late as June, Obama was still above water at 45/39, with 16% unsure at that time just what Obama was doing. …